US Plant Patent PP9091
Evita
Strawberry plant--Evita variety
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 21, 2014. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP9091
- Filed
- January 21, 1994
- Granted
- March 28, 1995
- Expires
- January 21, 2014
- Assignee
- EDWARD VINSON LTD
- Inventor
- VINSON PETER E; WARREN SIMON P
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of everbearing strawberry plant is provided which originated as a cross between the Chandler variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,262) and an unnamed seedling designated B144. The new variety is self-pollinating and generally forms flowers that are clear of the foliage and tend to protrude primarily to the side of the plant. The large berries are of a glossy fully-colored bright orange-red coloration and are primarily conical in configuration and sometimes are wedge-shaped. The flesh of the new variety is firm and possesses a good combination of flavor, sugars, and acidity. To date a high level of tolerance to strawberry mildew has been exhibited by the new variety.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of stawberry plant having the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a semi-erect growth habit, (b) is self-pollinating and tends to bear flowers that are clear of the foliage and which protrude primarly to the sides of the plant, (c) bears leaflets having a slightly-rounded base and slightly-rounded serrations wherein the leaflets commonly tends to be slightly longer in length than in width, and (d) forms on an everbearing basis medium to large attractive berries that exhibit a glossy fully-colored bright orange-red appearance that primarily are conical and sometimes are wedge-shaped in configuration; substantially as herein shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9091 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.